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Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 1 - How Rush Saved Mercenary Day

Team up with Rush for joyfully violent Mercenary Day festivities in a series of new missions, and unlock all-new gear and cosmetics in Bounty Pack 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day! Rush, the affable leader of…

20 November 2025

Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 1 - How Rush Saved Mercenary Day is an adventure developed by Gearbox Software, released 20 November 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 1 - How Rush Saved Mercenary Day is

Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 1 - How Rush Saved Mercenary Day is an adventure game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2025. It was published by 2K. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Team up with Rush for joyfully violent Mercenary Day festivities in a series of new missions, and unlock all-new gear and cosmetics in Bounty Pack 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day! Rush, the affable leader of the Outbounders, is feeling homesick and nostalgic for the holidays he's cherished in years past. By his calculations, it's about to be Mercenary Day, a jolly time for gift-giving and gunslinging with friends and family, and he'd like to bring that same festive cheer to the people of Kairos. But his hopes for holiday merriment stand in direct opposition to the miserly Minister Screw, one of the Timekeeper's underlings charged with keeping celebrations as bland and homogenous as…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 1 - How Rush Saved Mercenary Day launched on 20 November 2025, within three weeks of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, ARC Raiders, Routine and Kirby Air Riders. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, ARC Raiders, Routine, Kirby Air Riders.

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When did Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 1 - How Rush Saved Mercenary Day come out?
Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 1 - How Rush Saved Mercenary Day was released on 20 November 2025 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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